South Coast League
Trabuco Hills junior Jake Burns, senior Collin Hurd and Mission Viejo sophomore Ashley Johnson were among the standouts at Friday's meet at Trabuco Hills HS.
Burns won the 100 meters, lowering his CA #3-ranked time to 10.56 (1.6). He came back to win the 200 in 21.40 (CA #4) and also won the long jump (22-00.50).
Hurd won both hurdles, including a .64 drop under 38 seconds for the first time in the 300 hurdles to 37.70, which places him #4 in California. Hurd was given the nod over Robbins Michael (Tesoro; senior) in the 110 hurdles. Both were clocked in 14.63 (2.6).
Johnson continues to look like a CIF favorite in the 800 in both the Southern Section (Mission Viejo is the only team in the league allocated to Division 2) but also at the State level. Johnson, who went 2:12.95 at the Mt. SAC Relays, won in 2:13.04, with teammate Morgan Calcagnie second in a 2:14.85 PR. Johnson ranks No. 2 in the CIF-SS Division 2 in the 800 behind Saugus senior Mariah Castillo, who has dropped the event to concentrate on the longer distances. Calcagnie ranks 4th. Discounting Castillo, Johnson ranks fifth in the Southern Section and ninth in the State.
In the boys distances, Ryan Bush (Tesoro; senior) won a very competitive 800 in 1:53.85 (has gone 153.55, CA #10), holding off Mission Viejo senior Brett Hickman (1:55.13; he has gone 1:53.40), and Dana Hills senior Josh Dowdy (1:55.45 PR).
Hickman earlier won the 1600 (4:17.67; he has a best of 4:15.95 for CA #17), holding off Tesoro junior Bryson Crites (4:19.22).
The Dana Hills distance team dominated the 3200 in hierarchical order: senior Jack Landgraf (9:13.31), junior Simon Fuller (9:18.17) and sophomore Caleb Niednagel (9:18.70) going 1-2-3. It was a 3-plus-second drop for Landgraf, whose previous best of 9:16.40 was good for CA #36. That 9:13.31 puts him No. 9 in D1. Fuller had an eight-second drop from his Arcadia PR of 9:26.26. Niednagel has a best of 9:14.10.
Also at the South Coast League Finals:
- Dana Hills swept the girls relays, winning the 4x100 in 47.45, a season best that bumps the Dolphins up to CA #9. They already have the state's best 4x400 time - 3:47.68 run at Mt. SAC. Friday's winning time was 3:50.86.
- Hailey Ray (Dana Hills; junior) won the 300 hurdles 44.36 after running 44.28 in prelims.
- Maddie Jocson (Tesoro; junior) won the long jump (17-09), triple jump (37-10.50 - a PR that moves her into the top 6 in the division), and as second to San Clemente junior Emilie Bennett (12.15/3.3) in the 100 (12.18).
- Max Halvax (Dana Hills; senior) won the 400 49.54 after running 49.53 in prelims. He has a CA #17 best of 48.53.
- Josh Hill (Mission Viejo; senior ) ran second to Hurd in the 110 hurdles in a 15.15 (2.6) all-conditions PR
- Mission Viejo's boys jumped into the CA top-10 in the 4x100 relay with a blistering 42.15
- Dana Hills' boys, already CA #2 in the 4x400 relay (3:16.80), cruised to victory in 3:19.47.
- Sean Lee (Trabuco Hills; senior), the CA co-leader in the high jump at 7-3, cleared 7-0 for the fifth time in six invitational/championship meets this season and the eighth time in his four-year career, winning the league title for the fourth consecutive year. Lee is the defending CIF-State champion.
- Max McKhann (Dana Hills; senior) won the discus throw (167-08) and was second in the shot put (49-02) behind winner Jarrett Patteron (Mission Viejo; senior) who uncorked just under a 2-foot PR of 49-6.
Sean Lee won the South Coast League high jump title for the fourth consecutive year. (File photo)